Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k

  The Loathers let out a furious roar and began to bound up the staircase. They were like nimble monkeys, and they were even faster than Long Chen.

  “Here, get on my back. I’m going to use my full speed.”

  Long Chen put Xie Qianqian on his back. Thunderforce circulated around him as he sped up, looking like a bolt of lightning.

  Their immense speed caused a powerful tearing force that made Xie Qianqian feel like her body would explode. However, she knew this was a critical moment. She gritted her teeth and endured it.

  “Hahaha, we made it!”

  Long Chen suddenly laughed as he saw the top. There was black light there. Without hesitation, he charged into it.

  When Long Chen vanished into the black light, the Loathers let out a furious roar, but they didn’t dare to follow him there.

  Chapter 1609 Purgatory Evil Dragon

  When Long Chen charged into that black light, he immediately felt like he had landed in glue-like water. He found himself unable to move.

  This strange water was binding him, and he couldn’t shake it off. Long Chen’s heart immediately sank. Was he about to be trapped in here for eternity?

  “Let me!” Xie Qianqian suddenly opened her eyes. A white rune appeared on her forehead, and it transformed into a bright crescent moon that dispersed the sticky water.

  The light from Xie Qianqian enveloped the two of them, forcing the water away. The two of them began to float up in a bubble.

  “At least I showed some value in the end,” said Xie Qianqian with a smile.

  Ever since encountering Long Chen, she had felt herself to be useless. She had even brought him down, but now she was able to help him resolve a predicament. That gratified her.

  “This water possesses a strange energy that exists between the corporeal and incorporeal, a cross between reality and illusion. That’s why no matter how strong you are, you can’t do anything to it. It just so happens that the mental energy I cultivate is also between the corporeal and incorporeal, allowing me to block it,” explained Xie Qianqian.

  “So that’s what it was. The world really is large. I’m just a frog at the bottom of a well,” sighed Long Chen. He truly knew little about the greater world.

  “What are you talking about? You’re the bravest, strongest warrior I’ve ever seen. If you can come to my Alldevil star-field, then once I finish my studies, I’ll definitely create a set of battle armor that will increase your power by a hundred times, you’ll be undefeatable,” said Xie Qianqian excitedly.

  In the Alldevil star-field, the human warriors weren’t very powerful. They relied on their tactics and inventions, creating powerful sets of armor to fight against the Alldevil race.

  “A hundred times increase?” Long Chen jumped in shock.

  “Actually, a hundred times would just be a base number. If the armor perfectly suits your bloodline power, you’ll be able to unleash even greater power. Unfortunately, I don’t even know what place you’re from, and I won’t be able to find you once we leave,” said Xie Qianqian sadly.

  “Don’t be sad. I had no idea the outer world was so big before, but now that I know, I’ll definitely have to go out and see it. I’ll definitely come to find you. And if I didn’t go looking for you, one of my brothers would start crying and making a fuss,” laughed Long Chen.

  He thought of Guo Ran. It seemed that the place Xie Qianqian was from was perfectly suited for Guo Ran. He would definitely go crazy trying to get there.

  “Really? Great!” Xie Qianqian excitedly held Long Chen’s hand. “My Alldevil star-field isn’t too big. It only contains thirty-six hundred stars. The black stars belong to the Alldevil race, while the red stars are our territory. It’s easy to look for. When you go to the Alldevil star-field, go to any red star and ask for the Alldevil Slaying Dragon Academy. Everyone knows about it. I made so much profit this time. Not only will I be able to pay for my tuition, but it’ll also be enough to buy all kinds of material, experimental equipment, and various tools. So you definitely have to come find me. I swear I’ll make you the strongest armor in all of history.”

  “Alright. It just so happens that I want to know more about the Alldevil race. I’ll take a trip there sooner or later,” said Long Chen.

  The Alldevil monster he had encountered in Pill Valley’s Heaven Dragon Flame Region had said that Lord Brahma was someone who had betrayed his master.

  Long Chen felt an intense hatred for Lord Brahma and Fallen Daynight that came from within his bones. If the Nirvana Scripture was created by Lord Brahma, then he should feel hatred for it as well, but he felt very familiar and close to the Nirvana Scripture instead.

  This riddle had always disturbed him. Now that he knew the outside world was so big, he definitely had to take a trip there.

  He felt a constant sense of crisis when it came to the Pill Sovereign memories and the origins of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. However, there was nothing he could do about that right now. He could only take things step by step.

  “Here, let’s pinky swear. You will have to come and find me.” Xie Qianqian extended a hand with her pinky finger raised.

  Long Chen laughed involuntarily. Xie Qianqian was really still a child inside. Having lost her parents suddenly had a big impact on her, forcing her to mature and become strong. However, inside her hard outer appearance was a kind, childish heart.

  Long Chen also raised his pinky and locked it with hers. This could also count as a promise.

  The two of them continued floating up, finally reaching the surface of the water. They looked around to see an endless black ocean. Above it was a layer of primal chaos.

  There was a full moon shining brightly within the primal chaos. It lit up the black water. That was a strange sight.

  In truth, that moon was no moon. It was a circular hole, but due to the distance, it looked like a moon.

  “That should be the exit!” exclaimed Xie Qianqian.

  Although the two of them were floating on the water, the laws of the Netherworld were still present. They couldn’t fly, and they couldn’t jump up there.

  Xie Qianqian took a deep breath and circulated her mental energy. The two of them began to slowly float toward the sky.

  “Hey, wait a second!”

  Suddenly, Evilmoon’s voice rang out in Long Chen’s mind.

  Ever since they had been sucked into the whirlpool and it had been forced to use up all its energy to protect Long Chen, Evilmoon had gone silent.

  Long Chen knew that it was furious at him for being an idiot, and so it was ignoring him. As for Long Chen, he wasn’t foolish enough to try talking to it in its mood. Why bother getting himself cursed out?

  However, he was surprised that Evilmoon would take the initiative to speak to him.

  “Qianqian, wait a moment.” Long Chen quickly stopped Xie Qianqian. “Evilmoon, what is it?”

  “Ah… well… sometimes, your actions aren’t entirely wrong…” Evilmoon hemmed and hawed.

  “What? If you have something to say, then just say it,” said Long Chen.

  “Fine, then I’ll say it directly. I sensed a treasure in the water here… It’ll be very useful to me…” said Evilmoon awkwardly.

  Hearing that, Long Chen immediately understood why Evilmoon was hemming and hawing. It was embarrassed.

  It had cursed Long Chen in its fury for being stupid and saving Xie Qianqian, but now there was something it needed in this place that they only came to because Long Chen had entered with Xie Qianqian. All its fury ended up being thrown back into its face.

  However, that treasure had to be very important to it, or it wouldn’t thicken its face to ask for Long Chen’s help.

  Long Chen couldn’t help but smile. If he mocked it a bit, he would definitely fully avenge all the cursing it gave him, but he didn’t do so. Although Evilmoon was an evil weapon, it was very prideful. Harming others to make oneself feel amazing was the most foolish thing to do. Long Chen definitely didn’t want to end up like the old
man and Qu Jianying, hurting each other each time they opened their mouths.

  Long Chen pointed. “Qianqian, can you go in that direction first? There’s something I need there.”

  “Alright.” Xie Qianqian didn’t know what he wanted to do, but she brought him slowly floating in that direction.

  When they got closer to the spot Evilmoon had indicated, Xie Qianqian turned pale. There was a giant black dragon lying on top of the water. It emitted a terrifying pressure.

  Even Long Chen jumped in fright. There was actually a black dragon here. When he looked at its sharp fangs, he felt a stabbing pain in his soul.

  “What is that?!” demanded Long Chen.

  “Hehe, this is a close relative of my dark evil dragon race. They’re called purgatory evil dragons. It seems it had its dragon soul extracted and its corpse tossed here. However, its soul essence is still intact. That soul essence is perfect for me. I have to get it,” said Evilmoon. Its fury had completely vanished. Clearly, this purgatory evil dragon’s soul essence was much better for it than the energy it had obtained from the blood gourd.

  Long Chen slowly approached the dragon’s corpse. Xie Qianqian was starting to pant, as she was unable to endure the dragon’s pressure.

  “Qianqian, back up for now.” Long Chen grabbed onto one of the purgatory evil dragon’s scales and climbed up. The purgatory evil dragon was extremely terrifying. Its pressure rendered the laws present ineffective. He was able to move freely on its body without being stuck by the strange sticky energy present.

  Once he climbed up, he came to fully appreciate just how huge the corpse was. It had to be measured in the thousands of miles. “Evilmoon, was your body this big originally as well?”

  “Of course I was even bigger. Stop wasting words and go to its head. We have to extract its soul essence,” urged Evilmoon.

  Long Chen climbed upward. He had to run a while on the dragon’s body to get to its head.

  “Fuck, just a head is hundreds of miles wide.” Long Chen looked at the two soaring dragon horns with amazement.

  “Keep going forward. A bit more. Okay, stop here,” directed Evilmoon.

  Long Chen took a deep breath and stabbed Evilmoon into the skull.

  Chapter 1610 Possessed Long Chen

  Evilmoon unleashed a burst of light and instantly grew larger, stabbing deep into the dragon skull.

  The dead purgatory evil dragon suddenly began to rumble and explode. Powerful shockwaves blew Xie Qianqian far into the distance, making Long Chen jump in shock.

  “Don’t worry, its dragon soul has long since vanished. This is just an instinctual twitching from having its soul essence stabbed,” said Evilmoon.

  Evilmoon was like a heavenly blade now. Long Chen felt like an ant in front of it.

  Light flowed around Evilmoon as it absorbed the soul essence of the purgatory evil dragon. As it said, the purgatory evil dragon was already dead, and its movements were just an automatic reaction.

  Evilmoon didn’t need Long Chen’s help to absorb its energy, so Long Chen ran over to the skull’s crown.

  “What sharp teeth! Dragon teeth are definitely good stuff!” Long Chen’s eyes began to shine. He jumped beside the teeth. Each tooth was as large as a mountain. When he punched it, it caused a metallic ringing, but the tooth didn’t budge. Instead, Long Chen’s fist hurt.

  Just at this moment, Evilmoon flew out of the skull and returned to its original size. However, its aura was now darker and more sinister. It had clearly benefited greatly.

  “Hey, don’t just help yourself. I want this purgatory evil dragon. Help me take it.” Long Chen formed a hand seal and circulated the primal chaos space. A vortex appeared behind him.

  Evilmoon let out a startled cry, “You can’t take it! It’s-”

  Before it could finish speaking, the purgatory evil dragon’s corpse was pulled into the air by Long Chen’s power.

  However, before it could be absorbed into the primal chaos space, countless chains flew out of the black water. They instantly bound Long Chen and the purgatory evil dragon.

  “Fuck, I forgot to tell him the corpse is locked by a formation. If anyone tries to take it, they’ll provoke the laws present.” Evilmoon hastily flew into the air, slashing the chains.

  BANG! The chains completely rejected Evilmoon’s attack and sent it flying back.

  “Not good, I can’t break these chains!” shouted Evilmoon. These chains contained the laws of Purgatory. In its current sealed state, there was no way it could sever them.

  In the distance, Xie Qianqian jumped in shock. She panicked as Long Chen and the giant dragon were bound by countless black chains. In the end, they turned into a giant black star. It was a terrifying seal.

  “Long Chen!” Xie Qianqian had no idea what to do. Her best option would be to abandon Long Chen and fly away to the only exit. She knew she couldn’t help, but she also couldn’t just leave him. Her mind was blank.

  Evilmoon repeatedly attacked the ball of chains, but it couldn’t break them.

  “Long Chen, you can’t die yet! You still haven’t undone my seal!” roared Evilmoon.

  However, it felt like each of its attacks was landing on cotton. It was unable to find any spot to unleash its power.

  BOOM!

  Suddenly, the chains exploded, and the purgatory evil dragon’s corpse was sent flying. Where the ball of chains had been was Long Chen, black qi circulating around him. Endless negative emotions exploded out of him, shocking Xie Qianqian.

  “Long Chen…” Xie Qianqian felt that Long Chen was like a completely different person. The current Long Chen looked like an Asura who had slaughtered countless people. He was covered in killing intent.

  Long Chen’s eyes had turned red, and that red was the red of fresh blood. They were glaringly bright. His hair was standing on end as if he had entered a berserk state.

  “A little Purgatory thinks it can trap me? What a joke!” Long Chen’s voice was the same yet also different. It was like there were two voices overlapping, one that was Long Chen’s, and the other that belonged to someone she didn’t know.

  “This is…” Evilmoon was also shocked.

  Long Chen raised his head and roared. The chains he had shattered were in the midst of flying back and resealing him when they were blown to dust by his roar.

  A terrifying ripple spread through the air, tearing apart space. This was an unstoppable power, one that even Purgatory would have to submit to.

  Huge waves exploded on the black ocean. As it raged, more chains flew out of it at Long Chen.

  “Scram!”

  Those chains were turned to dust. Long Chen no longer appeared human; he was like a god from hell. None of the laws here could subdue him.

  “Is a little Purgatory so amazing? Today, I, Long Chen, will completely destroy all your eighteen layers!”

  The black qi surging out of Long Chen enveloped him, and he was about to charge back into the black ocean when Evilmoon slammed the back of his head with its hilt, knocking him unconscious.

  “He’s been possessed. Hurry and bring him away,” shouted Evilmoon at Xie Qianqian. It returned to Long Chen’s primal chaos space.

  Xie Qianqian was still a bit stunned. Things had happened so suddenly that she didn’t even know what was happening. She hastily grabbed the unconscious Long Chen and unleashed her mental energy to float through the air.

  The ocean and the air were filled with that sticky spatial law, making it impossible to fly quickly. However, she was comforted to see that once Long Chen was unconscious and Evilmoon disappeared, the raging ocean returned to calm. No more chains came flying out.

  “What’s going on? How could there be another kind of energy hiding within Long Chen’s body?” Evilmoon was deeply shocked.

  Just now, Long Chen had transformed into someone else. Fortunately, his subconscious still viewed it as a partner, or it wouldn’t have been able to knock him unconscious.

  The state Long Chen had just been in made
Evilmoon feel very uneasy. There was something hidden in Long Chen’s body that made it feel afraid.

  They finally got close to the white light. Without Xie Qianqian having to do anything, a suction force came from the white light, drawing them inside.

  Xie Qianqian felt the world spinning around her. It was like space was thrown into chaos. She almost fainted.

  After a moment, she let out a startled cry as she found that the two of them were falling from the sky.

  The two of them dropped onto the ground. Long Chen landed first, while Xie Qianqian landed on him. They rolled like calabashes.

  Long Chen slowly opened his eyes from the collision.

  “It hurts.”

  Long Chen reached out and rubbed the back of his head, feeling a large bump.

  He thought that it was from falling and was about to say something when he saw several lifeforms around them, staring at them in shock.

  “This is… the Gates of Hell?”

  Long Chen looked around and saw the large gates he had seen before. He let out a delighted cry. They really had come out alive!

  “Xigaluca…” One of the lifeforms shouted at Long Chen and Xie Qianqian as they stood.

  Long Chen sent it flying with a slap. “Fuck, I didn’t run from Purgatory to listen to your ugly words. If you don’t want to die, then back up!”

  Although he had no idea what it had been saying, based on its appearance, he could tell it had no kind intentions.

  That lifeform roared and charged at Long Chen, its hands transforming into two sharp claws.

  “Since you’re in such a rush to reincarnate, I’ll help you out.” Long Chen sneered and took out Evilmoon, slashing it.

  The lifeform exploded into dust. The surrounding lifeforms all backed up in fright.

  They had just seen Long Chen and Xie Qianqian fly out of the Gates of Hell. Naturally, they questioned what they were and what the situation was inside.

  One of them had paid the price for that. The other lifeforms all stared at the weapon in Long Chen’s hand in fright and backed up.